"We are delighted to be holding the 2019 International Insurance Conference in Bucharest. It is a historic moment, as it is the first time the conference will be held in a central European country and comes as Romania holds its first ever presidency of the Council of the EU."

The XXIII Annual Reinsurance Conference, a traditional 2 days event which gathers all the Russian insurance and reinsurance sector, as well as foreign participants, almost 200 participants from 23 countries, has started on Wednesday, 10 April, in Moscow.

Re/insurance professionals activating on the property segment, as well as cyber specialists, gathered on Tuesday, 9 April, in Vienna, Austria, at The "IIF 2019 - PROPERTY INSURANCE - the 2 CAT Cs: climate and cyber" Conference, to analyze the impact and current status of the climate and cyber risks.

Technology driven trends in the motor insurance field and technological approaches to meet future challenges were just a few of the topics analyzed during "IIF 2019 - MOTOR INSURANCE - the innovation challenge", which took place on Monday, 8 April, in Vienna, Austria.

The first Georgian International Insurance Conference took place on 14 March 2019. The event put under scrutiny the current status and the future development perspectives of the local market, in an attempt of identifying the main growth opportunities. The forthcoming launch of the mandatory MTPL system was the most important topic on the agenda, as this new line of business has the potential to provide for a significant growth, but also to become a market disruptor.

To
the satisfaction of its traditional guests, FIAR returns in 2019 to its
historical hometown, Sinaia. The forthcoming edition will benefit
from the comfort and professional facilities of a new venue, the
Conference Center of the International Hotel ****, located in the heart
of the beautiful mountain resort. Registration is opened at a significantly discounted early bird rate until 28 February.

On November 1st, an Agricultural insurance conference took place in Skopje, Macedonia, organized by the Insurance Supervision Agency in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy. Drawing attention to the necessity of reducing the risks in agriculture by using insurance was the event's main purpose.

Becoming a growing threat globally, cyber risks is both a challenge and an opportunity for the insurance industry. MUNICH Re's representatives talked to XPRIMM TV in Baden Baden, about the different approach to this type of risk that the Group, as one of the most active players on the cyber market solutions, proposes.

End investors, Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) funds, and buyers - the three groups active in ILS - have predominantly weathered 2017 loss activity with a view that reinsurance products backed by 'alternative' capital have become mainstream, according to a new Global ILS Market Survey by Willis Towers Watson.

Swiss Re expects the global reinsurance industry to consolidate as the distinction between insurers and reinsurers become increasingly blurred, an executive from the Swiss Group said in Baden Baden, reports Reuters.

Current market conditions are putting increasing pressure on returns with some companies viewing consolidation as a potential solution, James NASH, CEO of International at Guy Carpenter said in his opening remarks at the Baden-Baden 2018 Reinsurance Meeting hosted by the global risk and reinsurance specialist.

E+S Ruckversicherung AG, the Hannover Re Group's unit handling German business, continues to expect a positive premium development in the German market for the January 2019 renewals, albeit at a somewhat more diminished pace than in 2018.

The market volume for cyber insurance is expected to grow up to USD 8-9 billion by 2020, Doris HOEPKE, member of Munich Re's Board of Management stressed in Baden Baden adding that, "The demand for cyber risk cover is growing continuously. We therefore see it as our duty to develop solutions."

After severe storm damage in Japan and the United States, Munich Re is looking with a little more optimism to the next renewal season. "I expect at least a stable renewal round in 2019," Board member Doris HOEPKE said in Baden-Baden. Until recently the reinsurer's expectations were leaning towards a stagnant season.

"You don't have to be big to be beautifully relevant or financially successful, but you do have to be focused," Pina ALBO, Group CEO of Hamilton Insurance Group said, addressing the question of whether bigger is necessarily better at the Reinsurance Symposium in Baden-Baden.

Five new titles are available this year on the XPRIMM Baden-Baden press stands opened in the Kurhaus Casino and in Baden Baden main locations, presenting the latest statistical data and comprehensive analysis for the CEE, SEE and CIS insurance markets.

On Sunday, 21 October, insurers and reinsurers from all over the world met at the 10th edition of the Baden-Baden XPRIMM Reception, the traditional event organized by XPRIMM during the Baden-Baden Meetings in Germany.

Already on its 10th edition, the Baden - Baden XPRIMM Reception, the
traditional event organized by XPRIMM during the Baden-Baden Meetings, took place on Sunday, 21 October, at Kurhaus Casino, gathering
re/insurance specialists from all over the world.

Fausto PARENTE, Executive Director, EIOPA, Ante ZIGMAN, DSc, President of the Management Council, Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency and William VIDONJA, Head of Conduct of Business, Insurance Europe are the keynote speakers at the 2018 edition of "Croatian Insurance Days".

The 2018 edition of the "Croatian Insurance Days" will be held in Opatija, Croatia, on November 7-9, 2018. Organized by the Croatian Insurance Bureau, with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Finance, the conference will have, as usual, a rich and very informative program, also providing for extended networking opportunities.

In emerging markets like Turkey, there can be a significant difference between insured and total insurable losses. Focusing on closing the protection gap, the 10th International Istanbul Insurance Conference gathers in Istanbul, between the 4th and the 5th of October 2018, well-known speakers from Turkish and the global insurance & reinsurance markets.

The XVII-th edition of the November Business Meetings (NBM) of Reinsurers will take place on November 21-22, 2018 in Moscow, at "Novaya Ploschad" Business Center, the already traditional venue of the event, since 2012.

Today has started in Moscow the 1st National Reinsurers Summit "National Reinsurers: Focus on global cooperation". Organized by the Russian National Reinsurance Company (RNRC) with the support of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the conference has the xprimm.com insurance portal as Media Partner.

On September 13, 2018, the Insurance Supervision Agency of Ljubljana organized its 4th conference on insurance. The subject of the event was Insurance in the Digital Future. Visit the event's web page to see the conference materials and photo gallery.

The 62nd edition of the "Rendez-Vous de Septembre", the annual traditional meeting of reinsurers starts Sunday in Monte Carlo. XPRIMM Publications covering the CEE, SEE and CIS insurance markets are available at the XPRIMM stand in Fairmont Hotel, as well as at the most important venues in Monte Carlo.

Only 5% of cyber losses are insured, estimates Christian Fuhrmann, chief executive of global clients/North America, Munich Re. Very complex by nature and continuously changing, cyber insurance is one of the biggest challenges for insurers, he said.

AXA announced today that it has obtained all regulatory approvals required to complete the proposed acquisition of XL Group previously announced on March 5, 2018. The acquisition is expected to close on September 12, 2018, pending the satisfaction of the remaining customary closing conditions.

The latest editions of the XPRIMM Motor Insurance Report and Property Insurance Report will be launched in Monte Carlo, at the 62th edition of the "Rendez-Vous de Septembre," one of the most important international events dedicated to insurers, reinsurers, brokers, and reinsurance consultants.

Hannover Re expects to see stability in prices and conditions overall for the treaty renewals as at 1 January 2019 and promising opportunities for next year arising from digitalization, increased demand for coverage of cyber risks, as well as from various openings in the Asian growth markets.

Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide released a new severe thunderstorm model for Europe. Together with AIR's Extratropical Cyclone Model for Europe and European flood models, this new model now allows for a comprehensive assessment of atmospheric risk in this region.

"Cyber risks are one of the biggest threats to the networked economy. Munich Re is making highly targeted investments in know-how and development of networks in order to continually improve its services and insurance products," Torsten Jeworrek, Member of Munich Re's Board of Management, stated during RVS 2018

Worldwide, most major non-life insurance markets are in a phase of below-average profitability, according to the latest sigma report from the Swiss Re Institute, "Profitability in non-life insurance: mind the gap", that presents the existing earnings gap in the non-life insurance sector.

"As the world economy struggles to produce strong sustainable growth, and with the rising pressure on governments to increase public spending on welfare and services, there has never been a more important time for the re/insurance industry to step back and provide solutions to reduce the insurance protection gap", according to AON's Global Insurance Market.

ICIR - The International Center for Insurance Regulation will host on 15 November 2018, at the House of Finance in Frankfurt, Germany an event dedicated to the latest market and regulatory developments in the insurance markets of the Western Balkans.

Dr. Andy Kuper, founder and CEO of LeapFrog Investments, has received the 2018 Founder's Award and Gold Medal from the International Insurance Society for his pioneering work. He was honoured for LeapFrog companies reaching 130 million people in a decade.

The works of the Global Insurance Forum continued today in Berlin, Germany. Providing security for ageing populations in health care and pensions terms, as well as innovation and InsurTech or innovative strategies for the future development of the industry are on the today's agenda.

International Insurance Society (IIS) will open two regional offices till the end of this year -in London and Singapore,to expand its global footprint, has announced President & CEO of the IIS, Mike MORRISEY at this year's Global Insurance Forum in Berlin.

We have gathered the representatives of all stakeholders in the insurance industry from more than 50 countries to enhance exchanging ideas and offer solutions to international community about new technologies and to share knowledge, stated Mike MORRISSEY, President and CEO, International Insurance Society at the annual edition of the Global Insurance Forum.

Having enjoyed rapid growth since its inception in 2014, the Insurance AI and Analytics Europe Summit returns to London in 2018 (9th - 10th October). The event is organized by Insurance Nexus and supported by XPRIMM Publications as Media Partner.

Romania is the first country from the Central and Eastern Europe - CEE to host the AnnualInsurance EuropeConference, the federation of insurance and reinsurance associations. The event will take place on May 23, 2019, in Bucharest.

The VIth edition of the main event dedicated to the insurance markets of Azerbaijan and the Caucasus region, Insurance Conference of Azerbaijan, took place in Baku, on 20-32 June, under the titles "Insurance in Azerbaijan: New perspectives".

The annual and most important insurance event within the Caucasus region - "Insurance in Azerbaijan: New perspectives", started today, in Baku, organized by XPRIMM and Azerbaijan Insurers Association, with the official support of the Financial Market Supervisory Authority of Azerbaijan.

will take place on September 17-21, 2018 in SochiThe
upcoming Forum, supported by the All-Russian Union of Insurers (ARIA),
will logically continue a detailed discussion of the most pressing
issues previously raised at ARIA events in 2018: Insurance and
Reinsurance International Congress in Moscow and Insurance International
Conference in St. Petersburg.

Today, at PensionsEurope Conference 2018, Ms. Ana Carla Pereira, Head of Unit for Modernisation of Social Protection Systems at the European Commission, presented the main findings of the 2018 Pension Adequacy Report (2018 PAR) and 2018 Ageing Report (2018 AR).

Insurance Europe's 10th International Conference, taking place today, 24 May, in Madrid, Spain, focuses on "Overcoming underinsurance" and gathers insurance professionals and representatives of authorities from all over Europe.

The major trends in the development of motor insurance, including telematics and pay-as-you-drive solutions, were among the topics debated during the third part of the Motor Insurance Conference taking place at FIAR 2018.

The first and second parts of the Motor Insurance Conference taking place at FIAR 2018 focused on the new MTPL Law in Romania and the way it changed the market after almost 1 year of implementation, as well as the consequences of the new legislative framework and the operational challenges this brings, but also the most suitable solutions for balancing regulation, insurers' appetites and customer expectations on the MTPL market.

Are the insurers and the brokers ready for the GDPR challenge? What effects will GDPR have on the Romanian insurance industry and on consumers? What are the main issues in implementing GDPR? These were just a few of the topics debated during the GDPR Workshop taking place at FIAR 2018.

The second part of the REINSURING NATCAT RISKS Conference taking place at FIAR 2018 focused on the best solutions for closing the NatCat insurance gap. Christian KREUTZER, Head Market Underwriting CEE, Swiss Re Europe, and Evgeny POTOKOV, Senior Underwriter South Eastern Europe, SCOR Global P&C Deutschland were among the speakers that joined the debates.

NatCat exposure versus coverage, the largest natural catastrophe risks affecting Europe, as well as the best solutions for closing the insurance gap were just a few of the topics analyzed during the REINSURING NATCAT RISKS Conference taking place at FIAR 2018.

The second part of the Brokers' Conference taking place at FIAR 2018 analyzed the impact of European Union's legislative overhaul - IDD & GDPR -, also bringing into debate study cases and real-life scenarios of what the brokers face on the market, and, last but not least, trying to see whether digitization and InsurTech could truly lead to disintermediation.

The second day of debates at FIAR 2018 started with The Brokers' Conference, the event dedicated to the mediation market in Romania and in the CEE region. The first part of the conference focused on a market overview and also analyzed the challenges of the IDD implementation, as well as the potential impact of IPID for MTPL and PAD.

The INSURANCE IN A DIGITAL WORLD Conference, taking place at FIAR 2018, brought into debate the impact of digitization on the insurance industry. The first part of the conference focused on risks & opportunities of digitalization for both industry and consumers, as well as case studies and best practices: BigData & IoT, BlockChain, Peer-to-Peer, and AI.

During the second part of the Insurance Market Trends Conference, taking place at FIAR 2018, the debates focused on the current situation in Romania and the sustainable development for a growing and stable insurance market, as well as the challenges and opportunities for the local insurers.

The first part of the Insurance Market Trends Conference taking place at FIAR 2018 brought into debate the changing insurance landscape, as well as the CEE markets in the European insurance landscape, but also the concept of mutual insurance and its benefits for shareholders.

After the traditional Welcome Cocktail taking place on 13 May, the 21st edition of the International Insurance-Reinsurance Forum continues today with two top-notch conferences and multiple bilateral meetings. The Official Opening of FIAR 2018 and the XPRIMM Reinsurance Awards Gala also take place today.

With an exclusive list of professional speakers, 7 conferences and workshops analyzing current trends and issues on the re/insurance markets, as well as hundreds of bilateral meetings and networking opportunities, FIAR 2018 represents a key event on the business agenda.

Specialists from ICMIF - International Cooperative Mutual Insurance Federation and PensionsEurope, representatives of national insurance associations from Austria and Turkey, as well as professionals representing SWISS Re, GEN Re and AUDATEX are just a few of the speakers who have already confirmed their presence at FIAR 2018 - The International Insurance-Reinsurance Forum.

Insurance professionals from all over Europe gathered on Tuesday, 17 April, in Zagreb, Croatia, at the "Challenges and Practice of Insurance Supervision in South East Europe" conference. The event represents a unique forum for an open dialogue between insurance companies and insurance supervisory authorities of the SEE region.

The XXII International Reinsurance Conference has started today in Moscow, organized by Delovoy Format, with the support of the Russian Insurers Association. XPRIMM, the traditional Media Partner of the conference, has launched on the occasion the latest edition of its Insurance Profile Russia, providing for 2017 insurance statistical data.

The "IIF 2018 - PROPERTY INSURANCE - the NatCat challenge and beyond", taking place on Friday, 23 March, in Prague, bought into debate the NatCat insurance gap, but also the newly developed aspects of the manmade property risks.

The European Consumer Protection Conference, taking place on Thursday, 22 March, in Prague, brought into debate the consumer environment in the current European regulatory and economic landscape, the upcoming legislative changes that will benefit consumers and users of insurance and private pension products, as well as digitalization and the impact of technological advances in the field of financial services.

The 7th EIOPA Annual Conference takes place today in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. A review of the current supervisory covergence issues and of the prospects of the Pan European Personal Pension Product are on the event's agenda, together with analyzing the ways in which regulation may enable innovation.

"The Russian insurance market is ending a difficult year," Igor ALEKSEEV, Chairman of the Steering Committee of November Business Meetings of Reinsurers, Deputy Head of the Reinsurance Department, INGOSSTRAKH said today in Moscow.

"IIF2017 - Insurance in the DIGITAL World" conference brought together in Vienna well-known insurance professionals from all over the world who analyzed the latest digital trends in the industry, taking into account the fast digitalization of the financial services providers' world, in particular in the insurance field, which is creating both huge opportunities and strong challenges for the players.

On 9 November has started in Opatija, Croatia, the 2017 edition of the Croatian Insurance Days Conference, the traditional meeting of the Croatian insurance top professionals with their European peers. XPRIMM Publications are supporting the event as Media Partners.

The Baden-Baden meeting, one of the key events in the reinsurance calendar, has just set the final point of this year's edition. XPRIMM Publications have reported from the meeting's premises. Let's recap!

Central and Eastern Europe insurance markets are an important source of business for Lloyds, total premium income from this region increasing by EUR 64 million since 2010, pointed out the Lloyd's representative in a seminar dedicated to CEE insurance markets: "We are seeing strong growth from Czech Rep, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine. At the same time are some contractions from Russia, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary due to challenging trading conditions as political implications and other sanctions".

Asian insurance market, especially the Indian market - are considered to be "the new El-Dorado" of the global re/insurance market, with rapidly expanding markets and an dynamic environment: "Indian P&C re/insurance markets are expected to grow at a pace of 15% per annum", according to Victor PEIGNET, CEO, Global P&C, SCOR SE. The French -based reinsurer setted-up its Indian branch in 2016, after the authorisation from the local market authority - IRDAI. India's re/insurance market has become more attractive for global companies following the relaxation of regulatory requirements, and lately, "big names" in the industry entered the market by opening branches: GEN Re, SCOR, Lloyd's of London, MUNICH Re, SWISS Re, Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), HANNOVER Re, XL Catlin and others.

"2017 looks set to become the most expensive catastrophe loss year ever for the P&C sector, mostly due to the hyperactive 2017 hurricane season," finds the Viewpoint Report - Winds of change launched yesterday by JLT Re.

The main effect after the Q3 nat cat bill of over USD 100 billion: Global reinsures said - the "discounts and reductions in tariffs era" especially in European reinsurance market for the January 2018 renewals, will come to end. At the same time, some reinsurers might disappear and there are likely to be more mergers, acquisitions and run-offs processes.

"In our business we are more than used to disruptions [...] But the pace
of disruption has been amplified by new sources of data and by the
increase in the power to collate this data", James NASH, the President,
International of GUY Carpenter stated during
his opening address at the Reinsurance
Symposium in Baden-Baden on 22 October.

On Sunday, 22 October, insurers and reinsurers from all over the world met at the 9th edition of the Baden-Baden XPRIMM Reception, the traditional event organized by XPRIMM during the Baden-Baden Meetings in Germany.

Already on its 9th edition, the Baden - Baden XPRIMM Reception, the traditional event organized by XPRIMM during the Baden-Baden Meetings, took place on Sunday, 22 October, at Kurhaus Casino, gathering re/insurance specialists from all over the world.

Re/insurance specialists from the European region gathered, on 18 October, at the 14th edition of the International Catastrophic Risks Forum - ICAR 2017, to analyze the broad theme of climate change and catastrophic risks management.

The "Current Challenges for Insurance Markets and Supervision in the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European region" Conference, organized by FMA - the Financial Market Authority Austria, continues today in Vienna.

Insurance professionals, as well as representatives of the local and regional authorities, gather on 12-13 October in Vienna, Austria, at the "Current Challenges for Insurance Markets and Supervision in the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European region" Conference.

Professionals and specialists from the Turkish and the global insurance and reinsurance markets gathered between the 5th and the 6th of October in Turkey, at the 9th International Istanbul Insurance Conference.

In emerging markets like Turkey, there can be a significant difference between the insured and total insurable losses. Parametric insurance is a smart way to close this protection gap. While the traditional products cover an insured loss, parametric products provide financial protection for various expenses from financial liabilities to contingent loss of profit which, in return, decreases the economic loss burden following a CAT event.

The 61st edition of the "Rendez-Vous de Septembre", the annual traditional meeting of reinsurers ends today in Monte Carlo. The Nat Cat insurance protection gap, as well as the global insurance market readiness to deal with the increasing complexity of the cyber risks were among the most debated topics.

The latest edition of the XPRIMM Motor Insurance Report was launched in Monte Carlo, on the occasion of the "Rendez-Vous de Septembre", provind FY2016 statistical data and analisys for the CEE, SEE and CIS regions.

The 61st edition of the "Rendez-Vous de Septembre", the annual traditional meeting of reinsurers has started yesterday in Monte Carlo. XPRIMM publications on the CEE, SEE and CIS insurance markets are available at the XPRIMM stand in Fairmont Hotel as well as at the other event's venues.

Swiss Re forecasts growing demand for new reinsurance solutions that help clients manage their portfolios and expand into new segments and markets, company's officials said at the press conference that took place Monday, in Monte Carlo.

In the wake of the decision by the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU), insurers that access EU business through their UK companies have begun to unveil plans to establish additional subsidiaries, primarily in Ireland, Luxembourg or Belgium, according to an analysis presented by AM Best during Rendez-Vous de Septembre.

Most reinsurers gathered in Monte Carlo have expressed their concern with the lack of proper insurance protection of properties around the world, especially that the latest events have once again shown that climate change is a real challenge.

The United States is one of the most insured countries in the world and yet, in 2016, almost 50% of the economic losses sustained from natural disasters remained unprotected, Aon's Reinsurance Market Outlook report launched in Monte Carlo shows.

Most reinsurers gathered in Monte Carlo have expressed their concern with the lack of proper insurance protection of properties around the world, especially that the latest events have once again shown that climate change is a real challenge.

In the wake of the decision by the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU), insurers that access EU business through their UK companies have begun to unveil plans to establish additional subsidiaries, primarily in Ireland, Luxembourg or Belgium, according to an analysis presented by AM Best during Rendez-Vous de Septembre.

"Insurtech could be an enabler rather than a disruptor of the traditional insurance model" is the Aon's latest Global Insurance Market Opportunities (GIMO) report finding. The report launched today examines key areas of potential growth for insurers.

Natural catastrophe losses remain largely uninsured worldwide - even in highly developed markets, MUNICH Re's reinsurance experts consider, the recent examples of Harvey or the floods in India both confirming the large gap between the economic and the insured losses.

Swiss Re has surpassed Munich Re as the world's largest reinsurer (from the reinsurance gross premiums written -GPW - in 2016), a position that it has not held since 2009, according to the AM Best rankings presented in Monte Carlo.

Almost 50% of the industry practitioners consider the risk of "silent cyber" exposure—potential cyber-related losses due to silent coverage from insurance policies not specifically designed to cover cyber risk—as growing over the coming year, according to a study of Willis Re, presented during a press conference in Monte Carlo.

The Reinsurance industry is well capitalized with 605 billion as of end of June 2017, 2% up from the end of 2016. But sustained growth in reinsurance demand is dependent upon increasing the relevance of insurance to the global economy, according to the Reinsurance Market Outlook report launched by AON Benfield during the Rendez-vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo.

AIR Worldwide will launch in 2018 a severe thunderstorm model for Central and Eastern Europe, according to Dr. Milan SIMIC, EVP and Managing Director, Global Business Development Insurance Solutions of VERISK Analytics. The model will cover Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Regulatory changes brought by the IDD Directive, as well as digitalisation and innovation in the insurance sector are just a few of the topics discussed at the "Consumer Protection in New Era - Innovation vs. Regulation", that took place on 4 September, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The 2017 edition of the Global Insurance Forum, an industry benchmark event organized by IIS- the International Insurance Society - ends today in London, after three days of debates. XPRIMM supports the Forum as Media Partner.

"Insurers have to play an important part not only in managing current risks, but also in modelling the future by contributing to a better understanding of risks, to closing the insurance gap and setting an example of responsible investment policy," HRH The Prince of Wales said in his welcome address at GIF 2017.

The panel titled "Leaders of Tomorrow: Engaging and Developing Our Emerging Talent" has put under debate the talent crisis' issue, exploring the means of getting young professionals more interested by the insurance field.

The "Regulation for sustainable development" panel has emphasized the need for a stable an reliable legal environment in the insurance field, enabling insurers to design long term development strategies. XPRIMM delegates at GIF 2017 have reported:

The fast increasing relevance of the cyber risks, as well as the disrupting effect that digitalization will have on the insurance industrymade the main topics of the "InsurTech: Innovating for Growth" panel.

Spreading understanding of the central role that proper insurance has in building disaster resiliency is the theme of the International Insurance Society's (IIS) Global Insurance Forum. XPRIMM is Media Partner of the Forum. Follow us to get live insights from the event's proceedings.

Hosted by NTT Data, Monday took place in Munich, Germany, the third edition of the International Insurance Forum series dedicated to the property insurance issues: "The Nat Cat challenge". Participants from 13 countries have attended the event produced by XPRIMM.

Ukrainian Federation on Insurance and the digital economy and fintech focused Future magazine with the support of the German (GDV), the Austrian Association of Insurers(VVO) and the League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine held the first edition of the Insurance NEXT'UA 2017 in Ukraine Conference. The event was dedicated to the preconditions for digital changes in the insurance market of Ukraine and the world.

Basic concepts about inclusive insurance and microinsurance, global best practices and the place of microinsurance in the Solvency II regime are just a few topics analyzed today at the "Inclusive Insurance and Microinsurance" Conference taking place in Ljubljana.

Taking place between May 21 and May 25, in a new location - Poiana Brasov in Romania - the 20th edition of the International Insurance-Reinsurance Forum - FIAR gathers well-known specialists representing over 125 international companies and offers its participants the chance to join specialized conferences and workshops analyzing the latest trends in the insurance, reinsurance and brokerage fields, as well to participate at networking events and bilateral meetings which will enable them to discover new business opportunities and to gather valuable insights and experience.

"Developing online sales and fraud reduction are among the main priorities of the Russian market in 2017," said Dmitry KUDLOV, Head of the Methodological Unit of Voluntary Insurance, Insurance Supervision Dept., NBR.

"In 2016, there were 62.000 claims made by Polish drivers outside the
country," Mariusz WICHTOWSKI, President, Polish Motor Insurers Bureau
said at the International Conference "Insurance in Central Asia".